HMS RESOLUTION ON TRIALS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: HMS RESOLUTION ON TRIALS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 3814
  • Other titles: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Aerial views of HMS Resolution, Britain's first Polaris submarine, on surface speed trials in the Firth of Clyde.
  • Description: Various views from a helicopter as HMS Resolution steams past. The submarine's streaming wake and powerful bow wave create an impressive effect.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (ADM 3814)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1967-06
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations (Navy) (Production sponsor) Whitehouse, Raymond (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Resolution (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - submarine: Resolution & [nuclear] (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 376 ft; Running time: 4 mins
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  • Notes: Technical: badly scratched print Summary: Resolution put to sea on 22 June, 1967, for six weeks of trials in the Firth of Clyde and Atlantic, completing on 17 August.
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